Struggling to get the job done with your home workout ? Is there anything as demoralising as seeing that hard-earned arm girth slowly whittling away without your regular gym routine? All those post-leg-day DOMS and for what? So you could be back to walking on matchsticks after months of no heavy squats and deadlifts?OK, so this might be a bit dramatic. By now you’ve probably worked out a home workout regime that is “good enough” to give you a bit of a pump and make you feel a little less skeletal. With that said, why not try and push the ...

Squats are undoubtedly one of the first go-to movements in the weight room for developing lower body strength. Of course, depending on one’s training goals the specifics in terms of squat type, resistance level, sets, and reps will differ. However, what can be said is that incorporating Power Bands into squat training can offer benefits to a variety of athletes and gym-goers. This article will explain these different benefits by first considering the more commonly used band resisted squats, and then exploring the utility of band assisted squats. Band resisted squats: It is important to first emphasise that the addition of Power ...

Squats are undoubtedly one of the first go-to movements in the weight room for developing lower body strength. Of course, depending on one’s training goals the specifics in terms of squat type, resistance level, sets, and reps will differ. However, what can be said is that incorporating Power Bands into squat training can offer benefits to a variety of athletes and gym-goers. This article will explain these different benefits by first considering the more commonly used band resisted squats, and then exploring the utility of band assisted squats. Band Resisted Squats It is important to first emphasise that the addition of bands ...

The rise in popularity of integrated strength and coordination training appears to have been received in different ways by strength and conditioning coaches. Some of these include: Coach only ever appears to program Bosch cleans, stick sprint drills, and step-ups with perturbations.Coach doubles down on fundamentals (squat, deadlift, etc.), believing that the sport takes care of all strength-skill integration.Coach doesn’t really understand principles behind dynamical systems theory but throws in a few of the drills they’ve seen other coaches program. Having personally been all of these coaches at some stage, the aim of this article is to offer my current perspective on where co-ordination training should fit in the ...